#522AAD#522AAD

#522AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.192 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522AAD
RGB	rgb(82, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 49.08, -63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 79.98, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.064 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.192 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8483, 6.4664, 40.1509)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522AAD #85AD2A

analogous

#2A43AD #522AAD #942AAD

triadic

#522AAD #AD522A #2AAD52

tetradic

#522AAD #AD2A43 #85AD2A #2AAD94

square

#522AAD #AD2A43 #85AD2A #2AAD94

split-complementary

#522AAD #AD942A #43AD2A

monochromatic

#23124B #3B1E7C #522AAD #6E43D1 #9474DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#522AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#522AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522AAD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522AAD	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.192 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68c7',
    500: '#522aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522aad;
$custom-light: #8c68c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.321,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42338,
    "c": 0.19244,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522AAD

secondary

#AAC56E

accent

#E444B3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #522AAD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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